Eskhar [Esxar]. Map: IV-17. Town smt (2001 pop 5,556) in Chuhuiv raion, Kharkiv oblast, on the Donets River. It has an electric-power station that supplies electricity for Kharkiv and a reinforced-concrete plant. Eskhar was established in 1927.

[This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 1 (1984).]